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Captain Jack

1972 · 69 min

A gentle, earnest children's adventure with a nostalgic seaside mood and a quietly heroic wartime story.

Directed by
Ada Neretniece
Genres
Family
Starring
Inga Mickytė, Marija Podgurska, Donatas Banionis
Overview
Captain Jack, this is actually an ordinary girl, she is an informal leader among the boys, loves the sea very much and spends a lot of time on the decommissioned ship Signal. The film tells the amazing story of the Signal team, which during the war saved the lives of Soviet prisoners of war, among whom were Gunar and Mitya.

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Directed by
Ada Neretniece
Genres
Family
Starring
Inga Mickytė, Marija Podgurska, Donatas Banionis
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • found family
  • survival
  • coming-of-age
  • war
Places
  • sea
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
family
Directed by
Ada Neretniece
Starring
Inga Mickytė, Marija Podgurska, Donatas Banionis, Raimonds Brikšķis, Valdemārs Zandbergs, Aivars Liepiņš, Einārs Piekuss, Aivars Lipšāns
Cinematography
Zigurds Uldis Dūdiņš
Runtime
69 min
Country
Soviet Union

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